Tipping the scales at 130g and measuring in at 8.59mm thin, the device includes a 5-inch Full-HD display made of Corning Gorilla Glass 3, an Adreno 330 GPU running at 450 MHz, and a 2300 mAH battery with wireless charging functionality.

Available in black or white, the handset comes with an 8-megapixel camera with Optical Image Stabilisation on the rear, and a 1.3-megapixel snapper on the front for video conferencing.

The main camera comes with a host of improvements over the previous-generation Nexus 4, including a new lens that captures more light for brighter night shots and sharper action shots.

A new HDR+ mode automatically snaps a rapid burst of photos and combines them to give you the best possible shot, while the Photo Sphere software, which can be used to create 360-degree panoramic pictures, comes pre-loaded.

Google claims that the Nexus 5's battery is capable of providing up to 17 hours of talk time, 300 hours of standby time, and eight and a half hours of web browsing, dropping to seven hours on LTE.